At one time, dogs weren’t pets. Instead, they had jobs and consequently had a docked tail. Dogs worked on farms and in the military and helped with hunting, fighting, ratting, and baiting. That’s not ...

Tail docking, the practice of removing part of a puppy’s tail early in life, has been banned or restricted in many parts of the world, but in the US and parts of Canada, you can still dock your dog’s ...

When did dog tail docking start? The ancient Romans believed that amputation of the tail tip and/or parts of the dog’s tongue could protect it from contracting rabies, which was then rampant all over ...